Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Why Wait?

I feel frustration with this war and this administration. The frustration is like a big rubber band wrapped around my emotions and it grows tighter every day. With each report of more deaths and destruction in Iraq it squeezes more and more. Now we hear there is a plan to begin withdrawing half the troops next year. Why not do it now? Why wait until next year to begin saving our soldiers’ and Iraqis’ lives? This big rubber band can't hold together forever, the same goes for American’s emotions.

"withdrawing half the troops next year"...a) i'll believe it when i see it.b) they're lying. again.c) if they actually do follow through on this, it will only be political posturing and maneuvering and pandering. got a big election coming up. they (both dems and repukes) know the american people are sick of this illegitimate war.

the only acceptable action is to withdraw all troops now. stop the killing. stop the violence.

I think my rubber band has snapped. I have to take better care of myself and spend my time and meager resources more wisely if I hope to be of service to anyone in the future. This war will end when Washington's ability to keep it going collapses, and not a moment sooner...

Dubya's foot dragging is understandable, since he's more than willing to just pass this flaming bag of poo off to the next person to sit in the oval office. What I don't understand is the Democrats willingness to let it pass and not challenge him at every turn. Are they waiting for a "better opportunity" for a line in the sand?

They have to get ALL the troops there first, then they can let HALF of those that are there come home. See, once they get more than 200 thousand there, they can afford to send some home. Effortless way to cement the "surge" into what's really an escalation.

Political expediency. They're afraid of a complete Democratic sweep in 2008. They know the war is unpopular, but are still trying to get their hands on the oil. They're buying time with soldiers' lives.

Well, P.O.P., I am afraid the best we can hope for now is that assuming he doesn’t declare martial law and suspend the election, G.W. Bush will cease to be president in January 2009. Unfortunately neither he nor the architects of the Iraq debacle will have to stand trial for the needless slaughter and maiming of thousands of young Americans, the unceasing misery and deprivation of the Iraqis and the likely destabilization of the entire Middle East. No, someone will ghost-write a memoir for which he will be paid a princely sum. He will travel the country speaking to throngs of adoring morons (or throngs of those so self righteous and greedy they gladly behave like morons.)

It will be up to the next occupant of the White House to somehow extricate us from this morass. And then Cheney and all the Murdoch Minions can explain to us how the Democrats and liberal mainstream press lost the war.

Some days you just have to keep reminding yourself that you are a reasonably healthy organism privileged to inhabit a beautiful if endangered planet. And remarkably others continue to love us despite how unlovable we know ourselves to be. Those are the only proofs I have of grace in the universe.

Gates came out with a brilliant analysis today, "The violence will continue to climb and peak mid-summer (sounds like gas prices to me) and we will look at the situation in September." Great, what did he base this piece of rubbish on?

Hi P.O.P.! I thought I would take a gander at your blog. Illegitimi non carborundum! Let's put the squeeze on the crooks & liars, and don't let the anaconda of bushco inc., get to you. I care about people like you. Frustration can be like fire and all consuming when the fire is out of control. However; fire controlled cooks our food, warms our homes, drives our trains, planes and automobiles, and under the guiding hand of the welder, bind together that which is separate.

Don't let the rubber bands cut off circulation. That is how ranchers castrate calves in many cases... put the rubber ring around the scrotum, and cut off the circulation. The scrotum and its contents will die without blood, and will eventually rot and drop off. If Bush is placing such rubber bands around the hopes and dreams of Americans, we need to remove the rubber bands and get out circulation going again.